Welcome to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division
The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) is the Department of Defense (DoD) Energetics Center and serves as the DoD Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Program lead.
NSWC IHEODTD focuses on the research, development, test, evaluation and in-service support of energetics and energetic systems as well as works to provide Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen worldwide with the information and technological solutions they need to detect/locate, access, identify, render safe, recover/exploit, and dispose of both conventional and unconventional explosive threats.
The U.S. Navy, DoD agencies and all allied nations come to NSWC IHEODTD for energetic systems solutions and EOD expertise— we support the warfighter of today and of tomorrow through discoveries that anticipate the future needs for the next generation.
One of nine divisions of the Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Center Enterprise, the main site for NSWC IHEODTD is located at Naval Support Facility Indian Head, a 3,500-acre peninsula along the Potomac River in Southern Maryland. It is a 1700-person organization with sites in McAlester, OK; Ogden, UT; Picatinny, NJ and a second site in Indian Head, MD. NSWC IHEODTD has the largest U.S. workforce in the DoD dedicated to energetics and EOD, comprising more than 800 scientists and engineers and 50 active duty military. The business base totals $1.4B.